Twinkies

The twinkie dos are just cruisin' right along. Reid still doesn't have any teeth but I have said if they don't come in by his birthday I am going to loose my mind and I think he will too. The poor child is in pain I can tell. He drools so much he chokes on all the saliva and is just plain whiny. Hubby and I read that late teethers tend to be more painful and that boys teeth later than girls....so...He is also going to have tons of allergies. He wakes up in the morning and I have to suck gobs and gobs of snot out of the boy in between his sneezing fits!

My ladybug has two teeth in on the bottom and is just a wild and crazy girl. She loves her shoes! She will actually start screaming in the store when we take her to the shoe aisle! Toy aisle...we get nothing, but as soon as she sees shoes, watch out! At this age it is cute...another year or two, it will not be so cute!

In preperation of their 1st bday, I let Reid play in his yogurt the other night. Mainly to get me used to letting them make a huge mess! And boy did he love it! I also found it pretty humorous. But the funniest thing was that daddy and older brother were grossed out by it! Landman gagged over the thing! Weirdos! Ella's just made sure he didn't get any on her ladybug outfit!

My girl just being her funny goofy self! It is super difficult to take their picture now because they try to look around the camera to see who is taking the picture! She was trying to lean around and see my face!

The most recent addition to her shoe collection. She grabbed these off the shelf and would not let go, so Meemaw bought them for her! Wish that had worked when I was little!

1st Day of 2nd Grade and New Baseball Team!

Landman officially became a 2nd grader on Monday, August 23, 2010. His answer to "how was the first day?" .... It was good. He is not one to go into details about school!

He was not thrilled about taking first day of school photos either, so he got in trouble before he even went to school on the first day! And no - we didn't even make it through the first week with a smiley face everyday. Sigh...

He has also started playing baseball again, and this time for an actual "coach". So far daddy and I are impressed with these coaches. They really seem to know how to teach kids to play baseball and are not out there just to try and live vicariously through their kids. They also don't go out to the parking lot after the game and drink beverages out of red plastic cups...if you get my drift!

The team is called the North Texas Shorthorns. They even have a Web site. So go check out player and team stats at www.ntxshorthorns.com. The 8U team. These guys are gungho, but in a good postive way! He is still doing karate...the change in attitude that karate was supposed to bring about hasn't completely taken hold yet, but we still have faith and hope! LOL!

Last Days of Summer

Thriller spent his last week of summer vacation in Comanche with Meemaw and Pops. Not only does that mean he gets to get up early with Pops to check cows and do "cowboyin" stuff, but it also means he gets to get his hair cut at a real bonafide "barber shop." I have many memories of being the only girl in Kirkland's barber shop! No, thank goodness I never got my hair cut there I just got to wait while Pops and my brothers did. I still managed to score a piece of bubble gum everytime though! Landman was a little leary the first time we suggested Kirkland cut his hair, but he digs it now.

Landman and Kirkland....amazing, not a single thing has changed in that barber shop since the last time I was in it and that was easily 15 years ago!

Uncle Cameron, Melisa, Jordan, Uncle Tyler and Aunt Nicole all made a trip to visit on the weekend and everybody rode horses. I was informed that Landman would not ride one by himself...still too scared. I gave him grief for that! I am almost certain I had already been thrown for the 1st time from a horse by the time I was his age...maybe even younger!!

Just shows how soft the grandparents are on the grandkids when they were NOT on their own kids! I remember vividly being told to get back on the horse and show it who was in charge! (Umm it was definately NOT me and the horse knew it!) Not even sure I can count the number of times I have been dumped off a horse...and all before I was 12! Horses have never been my thing. I can ride one if I have to but it is safe to say it is certainly not on my list of FUN activities!

Landman and Pops! not sure what horse they are on...

Jordan, Uncle Cameron and Landman. As you can see... Uncle Cam had his hands full! Riding with one kid and leading the other!

Growing Kids and Garage Sale

My twins are getting so big, it blows my mind and makes me a little sad. Everyone always said how fast the time would go, but when you are spending sleepless nights and endless crying from a bad case of acid reflux, it kind of feels like time is standing still....but thankfully we out grew our reflux, quit having to wake up every 3 hours to eat and turned into two active constantly moving beautiful little handfuls!

We have become covered up in clutter...two swings, two bouncy chairs, two bumbo chairs, two bassinets, mountains and mountains of boy and girl clothes, bottles that the twins (and their momma didn't like) so were never used, not to mention furniture that we have had to move out of rooms because the twins needed more room or were bound to hurt themselves on. I am generally such a minimalist that sometimes if given the chance I would get rid of everything that isn't nailed down! So that has brought us to our current situation- GARAGE SALE! yes, my husband and I have both questioned my sanity but it had to be done. Just had to buck up and do it. So - I have attempted to get ready all this week - but it is super hard to do so when you can't take your eyes or hands off two little ones! They pull up and want to stand on everything and I just know somebody is going to get hurt! We don't have carpet so the hard wood floor provides no cushion!

I had to break into all the baby clothes that no longer fits and it almost made me cry. They really have grown so much since they came home from the hospital. I tell Mark everyday...can you believe it has almost been a year! What a crazy and wonderful 1st year this has been! Very few people will ever understand the stress yet absolute joy we have gone through. Thanks to our wonderful families and a few truly great friends - we have survived it! ....I think!

The dinosaur outfit is one they both wore in the hospital and once they came home for about a minute! I can't believe this child was ever that small!

Engaging in their favorite activity... standing up on the fireplace and stressing their momma out!

No way my little Reid ever fit this...but he did!


Just one small box of clothes I have had to go through and price for the garage sale...there are about 4 more boxes just like it!

I took this at about 1 a.m. - the hubby was sleepy soundly as were the twins, but not their momma! So sweet how they always work their way towards one another...but that also lends to somebody waking the other up and then I have two tired and cranky kiddos to deal with! But can't even think about splitting them up yet!

Comanche

The kiddos and I spent a couple of days in Comanche while the Hubby went to Abilene. Landman is still there for the rest of the week. Adventures with Meemaw and Pops!

Reidy Pete enjoying a little juice in his sippy cup!


Taken it easy in the Spiderman chair Landman got for Christmas when he was 2. I am shocked it is still in one piece!

Pops danced his little Ella to sleep one night to Elvis. He sang along and she did too! Meemaw and my laughter at her trying to sing along almost kept her up!

She is definately her daddy's daughter. Meemaw gave her a lemon at Prima Pasta and she went to town on it! She loved it! Threw a fit when Meemaw tried to take it away! I haven't really found anything she will not eat! Her twin brother on the other hand....

Ella tryin' out the Spiderman chair.


Before Landman came to Comanche he and his daddy took in a Rangers game. Waiting for Michael Young and Josh Hamilton to come out for batting practice.


Landman and Pops checkin' on Poncho. Landman first met Poncho when he was just 3 years old! I just hope Poncho hangs in there another year at least so that Reid and Ella get to meet him as well! He is like a big puppy dog. I feel certain he would of climbed in Landman's lap and taken a ride if Pops had let him!